WEBVTT
K AND GOLD FANS
DISAPPOINTED.
REPORTER: FANS TELL US AT ONE
POINT THE LINE WAS BACKED UP
NEAR THE HALLMARK STORE.
THAT'S QUITE A LONG WAIT, SINCE
ANTONIO BROWN WAS INSIDE THE
PLANET FITNESS.
FANS WERE DISAPPOINTED WHEN
THOSE DOORS WERE SHUT.
>> VERY BEEN A STEELER FAN SINCE
I WAS LITTLE.
REPORTER: KERRY KATINSKY IS A
SEASON TICKET HOLDER.
>> EVERY SEASON I PICK A PLAYER
TO WEAR AND THIS YEAR I PICKED
ANTONIO BROWN.
REPORTER: SO SHE WAS EXCITED
WHEN SHE LEARNED SHE COULD GET
THE STEELERS STAR RECEIVER TO
SIGN HER JERSEY.
>> HAVE TO WEAR IT EVERY SUNDAY,
ALL THE GAMES.
REPORTER: AT AN AUTOGRAPH
SIGNING ON TUESDAY.
>> HE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THERE
AT 4:30 AND SOMEBODY CAME UP
THAT WAS ON HIS FAN PAGE AND HE
WAS DOING A LIVE INTERVIEW ON
THE SOUTH SIDE AND IT WAS
ALREADY 20 AFTER 4:00 AND SEE
THERE'S NO WAY HE'D BE THERE BY
4:30.
REPORTER: HE DIDN'T SHOW UNTIL
6:10.
HE STAYED FOR 30 MINUTES INSTEAD
OF THE PROMISED HOUR, MEANING
DOZENS OF PEEL WERE SEPTEMBER
WAY.
>> I WAS HURT.
WE WERE FREEZING, THERE WERE
LITTLE KIDS THAT WERE 4 AND 5
YEARS OLD OUTSIDE EXCITED TO
MEET HIM.
REPORTER: TO MAKE MATTERS
WORSE --
>> TRIED TALKING TO AND HE SAT
THERE WITH A MISERABLE POUT ON
HIS FACE LIKE HE DIDN'T WANT TO
BE THERE.
REPORTER: SHE SAID SHE DOESN'T
BLAME PLANET FITNESS BECAUSE
THEY HAD NO CONTROL OVER BROWN'S
ARRIVAL.
BUT SHE KNOWS ONE THING.
>> I WAS VERY UPSET.
I AM A HUGE FAN.
I WILL NEVER WEAR HIS JERSEY
AGAIN.
I'M GOING BACK TODELANGUAGE LOW
WILLIAMS.
REPORTER: THE TEAM SAID THEY HAD
NO CONTROL OVER THE EVENT, SO I
DID REACH OUT TO BROWNS AGENT

'I will never wear his jersey again,' Steelers fan says after Antonio Brown meet and greet

A diehard Pittsburgh Steelers fan says she will no longer support one of her favorite players after she feels he snubbed fans at an autograph signing.

Kerri Katinsky, 44, waited outside Planet Fitness in North Huntingdon, Pa. on Tuesday afternoon to meet Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown. Brown was scheduled to sign autographs and take one photo with each group of fans from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Katinsky and Planet Fitness employees confirm he arrived around 6:10 p.m.

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"Somebody who was on his [Facebook] fan page saw that he was doing a Facebook Live interview on the South Side at a photo shoot. It was already 20 after 4, and they said there's no way he was going to be there by 4:30 p.m.," Katinsky said. "There was a line already. There were probably about 40 people in line, including me. It started forming behind me. It was a pretty big line after that."

Katinsky says that when Brown finally arrived, fans were told that he would no longer be able to take photos with them because of time constraints. He also cut the autograph session from an hour to 30 minutes.

"By this time, a lot of people who were behind me got out of line," Katinsky said. "They closed the doors. The kids were outside crying because the doors were shut."

Katinsky says Planet Fitness staff members did the best they could to keep fans happy, despite the circumstances. A Planet Fitness manager said she was not able to comment other than saying that they did not have control over Brown's schedule.

"I actually felt badly for [Planet Fitness]. They had everyone come out and everything. People bought merchandise right then and there to get it signed," Katinsky said.

A Steelers spokesman said the event was not affiliated with the organization. Emails and tweets by WTAE to Brown and his agent were not returned.

Katinsky said that when she finally got to meet Brown, he did not even speak to her.

"You think he would be talking to his fans and stuff like that. He just sat there with a miserable pout on his face like he just didn't want to be there," Katinsky said. "I walked up to the table like, 'Hi, AB!' He barely looked at me, signed my jersey and kind of tossed it away. That was it. [He] didn't make eye contact with me, nothing."

Katinsky, a season ticket holder, says she chooses a new jersey at the start of each season to wear during every Steelers game. This season, she chose Brown's.

"I will never wear his jersey again. I will go back to D'Angelo Williams," Katinsky said. "I was hurt. We were freezing. It wasn't like it was nice outside. There were little kids outside who were 4 or 5 years old who were excited to meet him."